Victorian legal practitioners are admitted as barristers and solicitors. Each lawyer admitted to legal practice in Victoria is entitled to engage in any form of legal practice, be it the work traditionally done by a solicitor or by a barrister, or by both and have unlimited rights of audience in all courts and most tribunals.

Some Victorian solicitor's firms will also represent clients in court, while others brief barristers for court work. Some lawyers in Victoria practise exclusively as barristers. They specialise in representing clients in Court.

Some Melbourne lawyers specialising in areas of law will travel to regional areas. This includes Melbourne Solicitors and Barristers.